Means for packing eggs and similar fragile objects



June 12, 1934- .o. L. ISACSON 1,962,957

MEANS FOR PACKING EGGS AND SIM ILAR FRAGILE OBJECTS Filed Sept. 29, 1952 Fig.1

43 as 44 3s WMM K 5% Patented June 12, 1934 umrso STATES MEANS FOR PACKING EGGS AND macim onmors SHVIILAR Oscar Isacson, Gothenburg, Sweden Application September 29, 1932, Serial No. 635,415 In Sweden June 6, 1932 2 Claims. (Cl. 229-29) The present invention relates to means for packing eggs and similar fragile objects of simple construction ,and cheap to manufacture and which offers a reliable protection for the objects 5 packed therein.

According to the invention the means consists in a blank of pasteboard (for example corrugated pasteboard) or similar material of substantially rectangular shape, which is provided with a plurality of scoring or creasing lines parallel to each other and dividing the blank into a plurality of rectangular sections, within one or more of which one or more series of seats for the objects to be packed are provided, the mutual distances between the scoring or creasing lines being such that by folding the blank along said lines the sections without seats form a casing surrounding the objects. 1

Some embodiments of the invention, intended for the packing of eggs,-are shown by way of ex-' ample in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan of a box blank constructed in accordance with the present invention; Figure 2 is a section taken longitudinally throughthe box blank illustrated in Figure 1; and, Figure 3 is a cross section through the blank completely erected to form a box.

According the embodiment shown the rectangular blank 1 is divided by means of eight transverse parallel creasing or folding lines 3441 into nine sections 42-50. The second and fourth sections 43 and 45 respectively (counted from the left hand end of the blank) are each provided with a series of seats for the eggs formed by slots 18, 19 crossing each other.

When packing the eggs the sections 43, 44, 45 and 46 are folded to the position shown in Figure 3 in relation to the section47, with the sections 43 and 45 provided with seats sloping downward 40 against the section 47. After the eggs have been placed in their seats, the sections 48 and 49 are.

folded in such-a manner; that they, together with the sections 46 and 47, form a casing of rectangular cross section surroundingthe eggs, whereby the outermost section 42 is folded upwardly al'ong the inner side of the section 48 .and the other outermost section 50 is folded into the casing. The casing formed by the sections is kept in its erected position by means of a gummed strip 21 of paper or the like placed along the adjacent edges of the sections 45 and 49 or around the casing.

It has proved to be very convenient to use as material for the blank corrugated pasteboard, the corrugations of the pasteboard running at right angles to the creasing or folding lines, which contributes to stiffen the packing device and to make it resistant against strains.

What I claim is:- I 1. A box for packing eggs, comprising a single rectangular blank of pasteboard provided with a plurality 'ofcreasing lines disposed parallel to each other and dividing the blank into a plurality of rectangular sections, two of said sections having seats for the eggs, an interposed section separating said two sections, the remaining sections being folded along the creasing lines to form a casing of substantially rectangular cross section surrounding said two sections separated bythe interposed section, said interposed se tion forming a longitudinal partition dividing the casing into halves, and each of the sections having the e g seats therein extending from one longitudinal edge of the interposed section to the diametrically opposite edge of the casing.

2. A box for packing eggs, comprising a single rectangular blank of pasteboard provided with a plurality of creasing lines disposed parallel to each other and dividing the blank into a plurality of rectangular sections, two of said sections having seats for the eggs, an interposed section separating said two sections, the remaining sections being, folded along the creasing lines to form a casing of substantially rectangular cross section surrounding said two sections separated by the interposed section, said interposed section forming a longitudinal partition dividing the easing into halves, each half enclosing one ofsaid sections having the egg seats therein and the latter being disposed diagonally of itsrespective half of the casing.

OSCAR LEONARD ISACSON. 

